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    Treated like a criminal

    Thanks for comprehensive reply. XC guard did not ask for my name and address he just said pay up of I call the police. Also my ticket was on my mobile phone so the EMT people couldn't have signed their authorisation on my ticket . Anyway the police were sensible sadly the Xc guard was not.
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    Treated like a criminal

    Yes quite apart from it not being in the public interest to involve the police, why would the XC inspector suspect fare dodging when i had shown him my EMT ticket? Surely the likely explanation is that someone had made an honest mistake, not deliberatley doding his fare? The fact that the EMT...
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    Treated like a criminal

    Yes, they both would have known I had a ticket for the cancelled train because I discussed the cancellation of "my train" with them, and I asked about alternative trains.
  4. C

    Treated like a criminal

    I refer the honourable gentleman to the answer i gave some time ago: "Both people at sheffield knew the train had been cancelled. Neither asked what type of ticket I had".
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    Treated like a criminal

    Yes I think whilst both otc s are probably at fault by anger is mainly at xc. Emt may have made an honest mistake. But as you say the xc guard was a bully and called the police who straightaway said this wasn’t a police matter. the very most he should have done would be take my name and address...
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    Treated like a criminal

    Well yes i was told I could use Xc. I think the pedants would say I wasn’t told that I wouldn’t have to buy another ticket at full price to do so.
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    Treated like a criminal

    Well yes a previous time we were on the EMTrain it wasn’t working so the guard told everyone to get off and catch the cross country train at platform 6. If it’s purely a concession due to travel disruption then how are we supposed to know that concession has been formally agreed between the two...
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    Treated like a criminal

    That's not what the police said. Both people at sheffield knew the train had been cancelled. Neither asked what type of ticket I had.
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    Treated like a criminal

    Oh to complete the answer it was a mobile advanced ticket. So yes I guess only valid on the booked train, but surely if that train is cancelled you don't have to pay again?
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    Treated like a criminal

    EMT guy knew my train had been cancelled, he didn't ask what type of ticket I held , said I could catch cross country train. Cross country guy didn't ask for my name or address, I asked his but he would only give his first name. He just said pay up or I call the police. The police came and said...
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    Treated like a criminal

    EM Train frOm sheffield to Derby cancelled. Told both by EMT guy at sheffield and lady at station managers office that next train to Derby was Cross country train . Caught this. Ticket guy said my EMT ticket was not valid I needed to pay him £22. I refused, so he called British transport police...

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